The Western Academy for Advanced Research has announced its 2022 competition

Amount: Western Fellows associated with a funded project are seconded from their department and relieved of service and teaching duties. Stipends are available for Visiting Fellows, Postdocs. Funding also available for dissemination activities. Administrative support also available.

Deadlines:
Faculty Research Office: 1 week prior to academy deadline. (If you wish to have feedback on your application allow at least two weeks – contact Karen Kueneman)
Western Academy: March 14

Description: The Western Academy brings together interdisciplinary and international teams of scholars to address major issues (themes) facing humanity through a period of dedicated focus. The work  includes timely public engagement and culminates in high-quality outputs that advance solutions to the issue being investigated.

This call-for-proposals is for a theme and the core team. The theme(s) chosen from this competition will begin work September 1, 2022, January 1, 2023, or September 1, 2023. This flexibility in start dates recognizes current challenges in confirming core team member availabilities.

For more information about the application, timelines, and best practices, visit the competition page, or contact wafar@uwo.ca.